Java EE application

A Java EE application or a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition application is any deployable unit of Java EE functionality. This can be a single Java EE module or a group of modules packaged into an EAR file along with a Java EE application deployment descriptor. Java EE applications are typically engineered to be distributed across multiple computing tiers.

Enterprise applications can consist of combinations of the following:

• Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) modules (packaged in JAR files);
• Web modules (packaged in WAR files);
• connector modules or resource adapters (packaged in RAR files);
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) modules (packaged in SAR files);
• application client modules;
• Additional JAR files containing dependent classes or other components required by the application;

See also

• Enterprise software

References

• http://java.sun.com/javaee/reference/glossary/index.jsp